Blue Grass Branch
Blue Grass’s library is the Blue Grass Branch, a branch of Scott County Library System, which serves 32,747 people and lent 113K items last year.
What stands out about Blue Grass Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 14 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Scott County Library System system. The library’s own count.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.52 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Blue Grass cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 15,294 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Blue Grass Branch, 114 N. Mississippi St., Blue Grass.
No late fees. Good at every Scott County Library System branch.
New in Blue Grass? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Strongest at program attendance
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Scott County Library System serves 32,747 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
113K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
- System-wide. Blue Grass Branch is one branch of Scott County Library System, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 32,747 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Blue Grass.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.